On December 21st, we held a talk event with Professor Juichi Yamagiwa at Honen-ji Temple in Kyoto. The event was titled “A Tipsy Talk Between Two Gorilla-Obsessed People: Gorillas Without Smartphones.” We talked about the love affair between gorillas while enjoying delicious drinks and snacks, and watching selected footage that Keiko Mori has taken over…

I spoke online to high school students of Kumon Leysin Academy of Switzerland on the theme of “why gorillas must not become extinct.” I introduced videos of the sounds gorillas use to communicate (vocalization), talked about when females transfer groups, and also talked about plans to expand the park. Male gorillas are good fathers. When…

We have put English subtitles on episodes 4 to 6 of the talk show we produced last year. Here is the link to the playlist.

We accept questions about gorillas and our president, Keiko Mori, who has been photographing gorillas in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda for over 10 years, will answer them! She will talk about gorillas from the perspective of a photographer who has fallen in love with gorillas. This time, we received questions from two high school girls.…

We have added English subtitles to the talk show clips vol. 1, 2 and 3 of the total 6 episodes we produced last year. “I wanted to exchange my baby with an orangutan kid!”, “No, I wanted to exchange my husband with a male gorilla!” Amazing conversation! One speaker is Noko Kuze, who continues to…

We have made the first episode of the Gorilla Songs Talk Show! At the moment only the Japanese version is available but we’ll put English subtitles later. This time, we welcomed orangutan researcher Noko Kuze. Two women who have experience raising children talked at length about the charms and differences between gorillas and orangutans. There…